SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

39. Sri Dwaraka Kshetra/ಶ್ರೀ ದ್ವಾರಕಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

ವಿಶ್ವಂಭರಾಂ ಘನತರಾಮಪಿ ಭೂರಿಯತ್ನೈಃ

ನಿರ್ಭಿದ್ಯ ಯತ್ಪದಮುಪೇತ್ಯ ಬಲೀಂದ್ರ ಗೇಹಾತ್|

ಆಸ್ತೇ ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮತನುರ್ಹರಿರದ್ವಿತೀಯಾ

ಸಾ ದ್ವಾರಕೇಪ್ಸಿತಪುಮರ್ಥಕರೀ ಪುರೀ ನಃ||90||

VishwamBharAm GhanatarAmapi BhUriyatnaihi

NirBhidya yatpadamupEtry baleendra gEhAt|

AastE trivikramatanurhariradwiteeyA

SA DwArakEpsitapumarThakaree puree naha||90||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari, appearing on earth in the form of Trivikrama, pierced with great efforts the dense earth by hitting it with Axe and other weapons; Sri Hari came from the underground world, where he was living in the house of most powerful emperor Bali, and arrived at unparalleled Dwaraka; therefore, Dwaraka, where Sri Hari, the killer of KushAsura and other demons, arrived and stayed, may, due to the existence of the Lord, clear all sins and fulfill the desires.

In the autobiography of Sri Vadirajaru, it is clearly stated that Sri Vadirajaru stayed in Dwaraka for a long period, did penance, impressed Lord Sri Hayagreeva and earned the grace of the God.

Dwaraka is located on the Surendranagar-Vokha railway line in the western railway division. Mere touch of the soil across Dwaraka is enough for people to attain salvation.

It is mentioned in Skanda purana, “PrabhAsa KAnDA” – Dwarakamahatmya as follows:

PAmsavO DwarakAyA vai vAyunA samUdiritAha|

PApinAm muktidAha prOktAha kim punardwarakABhuvi||

ಪಾಂಸವೋ ದ್ವಾರಕಾಯಾ ವೈ ವಾಯುನಾ ಸಮುದೀರಿತಾಃ\

ಫಾಪಿನಾಮ್ ಮುಕ್ತಿದಾಂ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಾಃ ಕಿಮ್ ಪುನರ್ದ್ವಾರಕಾಭುವಿ||

Dwaraka is one among the seven most revered pilgrim centres, as mentioned in Skanda Purana. “AyODhyA, MaThurA, mAyA, KAshee, Kanchee, AvantikA, Puri, DwAravatee chaivam saptaitA mOkShadAyikAha|

During Kruta Yuga, Great King Raivata had performed several sacrifices by spreading the Darbha, the sacrificial grass (Botanical term: Poa Cynosuroides), on an island or a piece of land in the middle of sea. Therefore, this island was named “Kushasthalee”. Later, a demon named Kusha reached Kushasthalee and began torturing the Rishis, Munis and the virtuous people. Lord Brahma went into the underground, brought Sri Hari, who was guarding the doors of the royal palace of demon Bali, to Kushasthalee. Sri Hari honored the request of Lord Brahma by coming to the earth in the form of Trivikrama, and piercing the earth with a huge pounding club (Vonake), buried demon Kusha since he had secured a boon that he could not die from any sort of weapons; Lord Trivikrama  then consecrated Kusheshwara there. Demon Kusha appealed to Lord Hari that any pilgrim visiting Dwaraka should compulsorily have the Darshan of Kusheshwara. Otherwise, they would only get half the Punya or positive energy from the pilgrimage to Dwaraka. Moreover, half the Punya earned by completing the pilgrimage to Dwaraka after having the Darshan of Kusheshwara would go to demon Kusha. Later, during Dwapara Yuga, Lord Krishna invited the celestial sculptor Vishwakarma and got Dwaraka constructed from him in the mid sea. It is said that at the end of his incarnation, Lord Krishna submerged Dwaraka under the waters. Modern investigators, historians, scientists and various other experts have found the relics of the submerged Dwaraka under the sea waters. Still, there is a section of scholars which apprehend that some historians aware of the past established a new Dwaraka in the same location and almost replicated the original shape or form of the city. In the present Dwaraka, Gomati River joins the sea. According to Skanda Purana, several Teerthas called Chakra Teertha, Shankhoddhara Teertha, Gopi Sarovar etc., are in Dwaraka. In Dwaraka Mahatmya it is also mentioned that during the horrible Kali Yuga, Dwaraka would go under the waters.             

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